Prior to Covid, a key message that schools communicated to parents, students and the community is that technology is dangerous and unsafe for children. This message has become an ingrained part of school life, and this has been the entrenched […]
This article was written by Joseph Brookes and published here Children in Australia are being pervasively tracked when they go online without proper regard for their privacy or the risks of collecting their data, according to technology and privacy experts. […]
How are you keeping your teenager safe from new online risks occurring during COVID? Are you aware of the red flags? Is your child aware of the red flags?
This article was originally published in The Sydney Morning Herald Big Bird and the time when we understood being a kid Dr Joanne Orlando Sesame Street’s Big Bird conjures up images of innocent, wholesome childhood play. In contrast, young kid’s […]
Channel 7: There’s been an increase in the number of parents opening Instagram accounts for their babies and children. I explain the pros and cons!
YouTube is fast becoming the main screen platform of choice for children. But how can we be sure about what our children are watching? Advice for parents with young children.
ABC Brisbane Interview: After major issues with adult content leaking into the YouTube Kids app, YouTube have made changes to their algorithms to try to stop the issue. We will start to see this in action this week. Of course will help but no algorithm replaces a parent who checks that the videos their child is watching are suitable.
A new form of bullying involves using bluetooth (Airdrop) to send explicit images anonymously to anyone near you on the bus, shopping centre or public place.
